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SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1988

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EASTERN SUMMER YOUTI PROGRAMME STARTS TODAY

ON

YEUNG,

THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GARY SAID AT

SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME THE OPENING OF THE DISTRICT'S TODAY (SATURDAY).

THE POPULATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE FORMED A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT, HE POINTED OUT.

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NOTING THAT A CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH WAS SET UP IN 1986

AND THE POSSIBLE STUDY WHETHER THERE WAS A NEED FOR A YOUTH POLICY

ON YEUNG CALLED MR YEUNG

THE PUBLIC WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUTH MATTERS, EXPRESS THEIR VIEW ON THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.

YOUTH PROGRAMME, HE SAID

REFERRING TO THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 215 ACTIVITIES PLANNED THIS YEAR.

TRAINING, THESE INCLUDED YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER WORKER

SPORTS TRAINING COURSES, A CONCERT, EDUCATIONAL VISITS, FILM SHOWS,

VARIOUS COMMUNITY CIVIC EDUCATION SEMINARS, TELEMATCHES, OUTINGS AND SERVICE SCHEMES.

"ALL

THESE ACTIVITIES ARE

CAREFULLY

PLANNED

BY LOCAL THE FUN WHILE SERVING

ORGANISATIONS TO ACHIEVE THE AIM OF 'SHARING THE COMMUNITY', MR YEUNG ADDED.

KWAI TSING RESIDENTS TO SHARE SUMMER FUN

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TAKE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME

RESIDENTS OF KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI ARE BEING INVITED TO PART IN MORE THAN 600 ACTIVITIES OF THE 1988 FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER.

THE

(SATURDAY}, CHAIRMAN OF SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY

DISTRICT CO-ORDINATING KWAI

PROGRAMME TSING SUMMER YOUTH COMMITTEE, MR SO HOI-PAN SAID THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT THIS YEAR AS COMPARED TO THAT OF LAST YEAR.

THESE ACTIVITIES ARE FUNDED WITH A TOTAL

HAD

BUDGET OF $500,000, ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, OF WHICH $430,000 IS DONATION BY THE $40,000 IS ALLOCATION BY THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD AND $30,000 SPONSORSHIP BY LOCAL PEOPLE.

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